Nicola Sturgeon's SNP has been left red-faced after supplying police forces within the nation with electrical automobiles, however not the means to cost them.
With the purpose to make themselves the greenest power in Britain, Police Scotland has invested practically £20million on electrical automobiles within the final three years.
However a Freedom of Data request despatched by the Scottish Liberal Democrats discovered that 23 police stations had not been equipped with digital charging factors.
A police officer revealed what had occurred to the electrical automobiles their power was despatched
They mentioned: “The place I work they gave us 5 new electrical autos however no charging level.
"They needed to cost them through one cable by an workplace window and right into a home three level socket…guess what occurred to the socket...now the 5 autos are being deposited in a single day in varied council automotive parks throughout the city, within the hope that no injury involves them.
"In the meantime, we're again to utilizing the outdated diesel automobiles, as a result of at the very least we all know the place the service station is."
Liberal Democrats justice spokesman Liam McArthur mentioned it was pointless spending hundreds of thousands on electrical autos with out the means to energy them.
A Scottish Authorities spokesman mentioned: "We proceed to assist Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority's (SPA) ambition to maneuver in the direction of a extra sustainable policing fleet.
“In recognition of this, the Scottish Authorities made a further £10 million accessible to the Scottish Police Authority in March 2021 to spend money on fleet modernisation and £5 million is included within the SPA capital funds in 2022-23 to assist greening the police fleet.
“Regardless of cuts to the Scottish Authorities’s capital funds we've greater than doubled the police capital funds since 2017-18, supporting continued funding in police property together with the automobile fleet to make sure officers have the instruments they should do their jobs successfully.”
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